player in the airline industry, It is a low cost airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who operates scheduled domestic and international flights. The company is Asia’s largest low fare, no frills airlines, a pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. Also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. Their main base is in the Low cost Carrier Terminal(LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). They also have associates with the airlines Thai Air Asia
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environmental and social responsibility initiatives of the company. Qantas Airways ltd identifies a flag carrier airline located in Australia and it is recognized to be the largest airline in terms of fleet size, international flights and international destinations. After KLM and Aviance, Qantas is the third oldest airline across the world as it was founded in the late 1920. Today, the airline is headquartered in Sydney within its main airport being Sydney Airport. The company owns 65 percent of
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had ready road and services suitable for a terminal. LCCT was designed to be temporary, able to handle up to 10 million passengers per annum and accommodate the high growth of passenger movements for the low cost Airlines, especially the passengers of Malaysia's first 'no-frills' airline, Air Asia. It was essentially made up of the following components, the arrival/departure passenger forecourt or curbside, the
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starting a budget no-frills airline which AirAsia with the tagline “Now everyone can fly.” He also founded the Tune Group companies Tony Fernandes is a true visionary. For all the business that Tony was involved, he showed a clear picture into the future of these industries. Moreover, he exercised great judgment in decisions that change the situation, usually following at the most appropriate. When he was six years old, he announced that he will start an airline and his father who was a physician
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STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF AIRASIA THE BEST LOW-COST CARRIER AIRLINES IN THE WORLD ASSIGNMENT FOR MICROECONOMICS FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA BY: IWAN BUDHIARTA P-46048 MALAYSIA – 2009 I. INTRODUCTION A low-cost carrier (also known as a no-frills or discount carrier) is an airline that offers low fares but eliminates all “non-essential” services. The typical low-cost carrier business model is based on: * a single passenger class * a
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The Emirates Story Just over twenty years ago, Emirates was born as the official international airline of the United Arab Emirates On 25th October 1985, Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai with just two aircraft—a leased Boeing 737 and Airbus 300 B4. Then as now, the goal was quality, not quantity, and in the years since taking those first small steps onto the regional travel scene, Emirates has evolved into a globally influential travel and tourism conglomerate known the world over
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at the websites of Airport Authority of India, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation and websites of various airlines and MRO companies to understand the market dynamics. We came across various difficulties faced by them and also saw various opportunities lurking round the corner. We tried to estimate the fleet size of various airlines and the expected growth in next five years. Also the focus was given on the Non-Scheduled operators as their numbers is rising at a lightening
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cabotage. The report does not focus on beyond rights, or on 5th freedom operations of non-ASEAN airlines within the region, though it recognises that these can have an impact on Open Sky arrangements. The rationale for Open Sky is taken to be to promote competition in the airline industry, and to give all airlines from ASEAN the scope to compete on intra ASEAN routes. Open Sky will also give airlines extra flexibility over their route development. Issues which need to be considered include: How
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history and when it began, its establishment as the first low fare airline in Australia. This report will also examine about Virgin Blue’s business model their advantages, in the market as a low fare airline and their financial circumstances that the airline industries have faced during their operation. In Australia first low fare airline, the report will analyze how they are keeping their position in the competitive market airline and what are their plans for expansion. Virgin Blue’s marketing strategy
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Malaysia Airlines to reflect transparent performance management practices. To all intents and purposes, financial figures referred to as ‘forecasts’ and ‘estimates’ in the BTP 2 are KPIs. 2. These KPIs should not be construed as forecasts, projections, estimates or representations of the company’s future performance, occurrence or matter as the KPls are merely a set of targets/aspirations of future performance and aligned to the company’s strategy. It is our view that because the airline industry
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